Windows 95 PPP Setup Instructions

There are many steps to getting Windows 95 Dial-Up Networking running properly on your computer. Although there are many places where a small error can mess up your connection, follow the instructions below, and you'll be up and running in no time.

Install Dial-Up Networking
Press the Start button, select Settings and then Control Panel. Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon. Select the Windows Setup tab and then double-click on Communications in Components box. Verify that Dial-Up Networking is checked. If it is, exit Add/Remove Programs and skip to the next step. If it's not checked, check it and press OK. Windows 95 will attempt to install the needed drivers, so you may need your Windows 95 disks or CD. After Dial-Up Networking has been installed, proceed to the next step.

Install the Dial-Up Adapter and TCP/IP
Press the Start button and select Settings, then Control Panel. Double-click the Network icon. Verify that the Dial-Up Adapter and TCP/IP components are present as shown. If they are, skip to the next step.

To add the Dial-Up Adapter, click the Add button, and then double-click Adapter. Scroll down the list until you see Microsoft and select it. Choose the Dial-Up Adapter in the right-hand box and click OK.

To add TCP/IP, click the Add button, and then double-click Protocol. Select Microsoft and then TCP/IP. Click OK.

Now your Network dialog box should contain both the Dial-Up Adapter and TCP/IP. If you're not on a Local Area Network (LAN), only the Dial-Up Adapter and TCP/IP should be present. Remove any others. If you are on a LAN, ask your system administrator which components you need and remove any that you don't.

Configuring TCP/IP
Return to the Control Panel and double-click the Network icon. Click on the TCP/IP protocol and press the Properties button.

Click the IP Address tab, and select Obtain an IP Address Automatically.

Select the WINS Configuration tab and choose Disable WINS resolution.

Select the Gateway tab and enter 199.184.119.2. Press the Add button.

Select the DNS Configuration Tab, and choose the Enable DNS option. Enter dialin in the Host box and inebraska.com in the domain box.

In the DNS Server Search Order section, enter 199.184.119.1 and press the Add button. Repeat this for 199.2.252.10. The dialog box should now look like this:

Press the OK button, and press OK again in the Network dialog box. Windows 95 will ask you to reboot, press Yes.

Set Up the Internet Nebraska Connection
Open My Computer from the desktop and double-click the Dial-Up Networking icon. Double-click the Make New Connection icon to get to the Make New Connection Wizard.

This first thing the wizard will ask you to do is enter a name for the connection. A good choice would be Internet Nebraska, so type it in the blank.

Your modem should be shown in the Select a modem area. (It should have been installed when you installed Windows 95.) Press the configure button to get another dialog box.

In the general section, set your modem speed as fast as your modem can go. If you have a 14.4kbps modem, set it to 57600m if you have a 28.8kbps modem, set it to 115200. Otherwise, set it to your modem's speed. Click the OK button to continue to the next section, which will look like this:

You don't need to enter the area code if it's a local call, and enter 434-6910 for the phone number. If you need to dial any special codes (such as to disable call waiting or to get an outside line) enter the code before the phone number, followed by a comma, like this: 70#,434-6910.

Press the Finish button, and you will have created an Internet Nebraska icon in the Dial-Up Networking folder. You may wish to create a shortcut to it on your desktop for easier access.

Setting the Dial-Up Properties
Use the right mouse button to click on the Internet Nebraska icon that you just made, and choose Properties.

Press the Server Type button. In the Type of Dial-Up Server section, choose PPP. Make sure that Log on to Network is not checked in the Advanced Options section. In the allowed protocols section, make sure that TCP/IP is checked, and make sure that IPX/SPX and NetBEUI are not.

When completed, press the TCP/IP Settings button.

In the resulting dialog box (shown below), choose Server Assigned IP Address. Also choose Specify Nameserver Address, and enter 199.184.119.1 for the Primary DNS, and 199.2.252.10 for the secondary DNS. Leave the WINS servers as 0.0.0.0, and make sure both Use IP header compression and Use default gateway are checked. Press the OK button.

Press OK in the two remaining dialog boxes. Just one more step and we're ready to dial.

Double-click the Internet Nebraska icon that you now have.

In the User Name field, enter a capital P followed by your username. For example, if your login (username) is joe, you'll enter Pjoe in the blank, as shown.

Enter your password in the Password blank.

The configuration in now complete, press Connect to connect to Internet Nebraska.

Operating the Dial-Up Networking
When ready to connect to Internet Nebraska, simply double-click on the Internet Nebraska icon you created during the setup process. This will dial the phone and connect your computer to the Internet.

Once connected, minimize the "Connected to Internet Nebraska" box, and start Internet Explorer, Netscape, or any other Internet Software.

When finished, pull the "Connected to Internet" box back up, and choose Disconnect. This will disconnect you from Internet Nebraska and hang up your modem.

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Last updated 4/30/96